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  1. Re:yeah, equally bad on The Only Thing, Historically, That's Curbed Inequality: Catastrophe (theatlantic.com) · · Score: 1

    But the great depression of the '30s happened just before WWII, bringing economic disaster to many.

  2. What's wrong with that? Does she want this guy immediately fired no question asked? If it really is a first offence tell him to knock it off and move on from there,

    You did not read the article, did you?

    It wasn't his first offence, although HR lied about this, claiming that it was.

    He didn't knock it off. Also, her career at the company was affected because she made the report.

    What he did should have resulted in an instant dismissal. Retaliation should have resulted in dismissals. Covering up the prior acts by the man should have resulted in dismissals in HR.

  3. Re:Ways around this on Should International Travelers Leave Their Phones At Home? (freecodecamp.com) · · Score: 1

    A religion is not a race, and discriminating against a religion that has repeatedly attacked us and plotted to attack us ...

    Let's not forget his comments about Mexicans. But more importantly, the attackers have universally been men. Perhaps we should ban men? I mean, it's not like non-muslims have done terrorist acts like the Oklahoma bombing, is it?

    What you are trying to do is split hairs in order to justify supporting a bigot.

    What he did was definitely profiling. His approaches were based on falsehoods. For example, the idea that we can't vet Syrian refugees -- Syrians have family booklets that give a lot of information about them and allow effective vetting.

    But let's get back to his attitudes towards women. Do you support a man cheating on his wife? Do you support divorce and remarriage? Do you support disrespecting women through unwanted sexual attacks?

    Why do you care that I prefer mobility without crippling debt?

    My debt is not crippling. My mortgage payments are less than rent would be. I have tenants paying rent that covers more than the mortgage on the houses in which they live.

    I am not the one getting my knickers in a twist over debt: you seem to be the person with an irrational aversion to debt. Your idol declares himself he king of debt, but you think that ordinary people should not use sensible amounts of debt?

    I have no problem with your choices. I just note that it shows a lack of financial acumen on your part.

    As for that mobility: I have worked (as in received a paycheck and paid taxes) in 4 different countries. In how many countries have you worked?

  4. Re:Ways around this on Should International Travelers Leave Their Phones At Home? (freecodecamp.com) · · Score: 1

    One more thing. How does the multiple marriages and well documented cheating on his wife square with your religious values?

  5. Re:Ways around this on Should International Travelers Leave Their Phones At Home? (freecodecamp.com) · · Score: 1

    Just don't fuck up the planet for the rest of us ok?

    No, because Trump is going to do that. His pick for the EPA has a history. But, then I am sure that you will just dismiss that as untrue.

    Your 'disturbing facts' are more a projection of a corporation that has fed you whatever it wants in order to get the ratings it needs to charge for advertising. There might be a kernel of truth but the rest is hugely overblown. Anyone that is capable of objectively looking at what's been presented from both side of the extremes should be intelligent enough to read between the lines.

    LOL. I suppose the "grab them by the pussy" video was fake? I suppose the documented cases of failure to pay his bills are fake? I suppose the cases of racism in housing were fake? I suppose that the recent racist executive order was fake?

    These are not "projections". They are facts that you want to pretend don't exist. Good luck in your fantasy land.

    As I said before, your financial acumen is lacking. Why would you admire someone who uses debt to invest in property, yet think that using debt to buy several houses is bad (yes, I own more than one).

    You are badly in denial (and as they say, it's not just a river).

    I take it that my supposition that you are religious is correct. As I suspected, you cannot reconcile your religious beliefs with your support for Trump. That's because no Christian person should support him. He isn't even sincere in his opinion on Roe vs Wade: he held a contrary opinion just a few years ago. He is just mugging for the crowd. Putting on a show for the dumb.

  6. Re:Ways around this on Should International Travelers Leave Their Phones At Home? (freecodecamp.com) · · Score: 1

    I can see that public forums have become useless as sites for open debate.

    In other words, you know your point of view can't be sustained, so you would prefer to not have it challenged.

    Based on some of your other posts, I suspect that you are a religious person. If this assumption is incorrect, then you can ignore most of the rest of this post.

    What I see is someone who, despite some education has done poorly in life: you claim that you don't have much debt, but then, you don't appear to have many assets. You aspire to move your family into a customized bus. Really? You aspire to live in a bus? Perhaps what is clear is that you don't actually have much financial acumen. While you can pay your bills, you are not accumulating assets. Perhaps it's your inability to accumulate assets, despite working professional jobs that affects your viewpoint on Trump.

    Personally, I have a lot of debt. But, I have assets that are worth much more.

    But coming back to my supposition that you are a religious person, let me suggest that it is this aspect of your character that causes you to disbelieve the mainstream media. Trump is a misogynist, a racist, a person who doesn't pay his debts. These should disqualify any religious people from supporting him, so, a religious person (apart from those that hold to the prosperity theology) has to pretend that these facts don't exist. Since these facts are widely reported, you have to convince yourself that the media that convey these facts are not credible.

    You can only survive if you put yourself in a bubble and pretend that these disturbing facts are untrue.

    You should probably get some psychological help, since the inner conflicts you must be experiencing will make life difficult.

  7. Re:Does this mean... on Linux Kernel 4.10 Officially Released With Virtual GPU Support (softpedia.com) · · Score: 1

    I think you are confusing the Nouveau driver for the closed-source driver from nVidia. My experience with Nouveau is that it is very stable.

  8. Re:Ways around this on Should International Travelers Leave Their Phones At Home? (freecodecamp.com) · · Score: 1

    Prove it. "news" corporations are not acceptable as sources.

    What you are saying is that someone else should prove their assertion, while you have proven none of your own, and by the way, you reserve the right to discount any sources that the other person might cite.

    Let me rephrase what you are saying: "la, la, la ..." [hands over ears so you can't hear anything]

  9. Re: Control vs. Security on Google Discloses An Unpatched Windows Bug (Again) (bleepingcomputer.com) · · Score: 1

    Perhaps it was intended to be in the now-cancelled February patch Tuesday.

  10. Re:Boo hoo, just stop rainwater from leaching lead on Some Recyclers Give Up On Recycling Old Monitors And TVs (vice.com) · · Score: 1

    While that lead is in the glass, what's the risk? I don't think that lead is going to turn back into free metal any time soon.

  11. Re:Ways around this on Should International Travelers Leave Their Phones At Home? (freecodecamp.com) · · Score: 3, Insightful

    Your argument is that he is qualified to be in the White House because he inherited a bunch of money. Essentially, he is in the White House because of an accident of birth: you are arguing for something like a hereditary monarchy if his money qualifies him to be there.

    His wealth and possessions are not impressive because he inherited the bulk of his wealth and would be wealthier had he not managed it himself.

    Why do you think he refused to disclose his tax returns? We know he didn't pay taxes for a decade, so what worse information is there in his returns? Since image is everything to him, I suspect that his tax returns would show that his wealth is far smaller than he claims.

    He's someplace I wish I could be, with resources I wish I had. To me, that's pretty damn successful.

    I suspect that many, many people could be in the same position as him, had they got the same start in life as Trump had.

  12. The best answer is always ECONOMIC.

    That assumes rational thinking in the administration.

  13. Re:Ways around this on Should International Travelers Leave Their Phones At Home? (freecodecamp.com) · · Score: 3, Insightful

    What, exactly, are the factual mistakes in my post?

    Do you dispute that he inherited a large fortune? Do you dispute, perhaps that his father bailed him out? Do you dispute that he claimed revenue rather than profits for his Scottish golf course?

    Because all of these things are documented facts. Not "alternative facts", or fake news, but real, actual facts. But then, I should not be surprised that an enthusiastic Trump supporter would have difficulty recognizing facts.

    You are simply uninformed. Perhaps you are wilfully blind to facts? Or perhaps, just stupid?

  14. Re:Ways around this on Should International Travelers Leave Their Phones At Home? (freecodecamp.com) · · Score: 5, Interesting

    He has some skills, but the idea that he amassed billions is laughable. He inherited a large amount of money and his investments have not performed as well as the overall market.

    And that's based on the best estimate of his wealth. It's quite possible that his wealth is significantly less than he claims. As a concrete example of this, in the disclosures he made as a presidential candidate, he listed some $20M in income from his golf course in Scotland: problem is, it's losing money. The $20M is revenue, not profit.

    So, let me throw that back at you and suggest that you are not as smart as you think you are.

  15. The solution that was found in this case seems quite effective: get you neighbor to pay you approx $21k for the privilege, and probably more if the cameras and mics don't come down.

  16. Re:Lots of Sunshine there on Utilities Vote To Close Largest Coal Plant In Western US (arstechnica.com) · · Score: 1

    Except that, for this generator, demand can easily be modified.

    This facility provides power to pump water as part of the Central Arizona Project. The pumps don't have to operate 24/7.

  17. Re:More likely they will pull out on Brazil Judge Rules Uber Drivers Are Employees, Deserve Benefits (reuters.com) · · Score: 2

    remain

    "remain"? Uber would have to start being profitable for the word "remain" to be appropriate.

  18. Re:Fastest growing share is easy when you start at on 'Electric Buses Now Cheaper Than Their Diesel or CNG Counterpart, Could Dominate the Market Within 10 Years' (electrek.co) · · Score: 1

    If it takes 10 minutes to charge one battery, then you can charge lot of busses during the night, one after the other. You don't need to charge them all at the same time.

    Your claim about partial charging doesn't seem to be accurate either. In general, what seems to kill today's Lithium Ion batteries appears to be topping them up to fully charged. It's probably better for battery life to max out at 90% charge.

  19. Re:Fastest growing share is easy when you start at on 'Electric Buses Now Cheaper Than Their Diesel or CNG Counterpart, Could Dominate the Market Within 10 Years' (electrek.co) · · Score: 1

    They take all night to charge at the fastest charge speed. which means you need to bring in some rather beefy power distribution to your maintenance site. It also means that if you run a 24 hour bus schedule that you'll have to have to have extra buses and rotate them through charging.

    From which orifice did you pull that misinformation?

  20. Re:Conversations before Appointment on Michael Flynn Resigns As Trump's National Security Adviser (go.com) · · Score: 1

    Why would they repeal it when it's such delicious redmeat for their base for future election cycles?

    Because it has lost its flavour now. Any attempt to blame its existence on the Democrats will backfire, since the Republicans promised to revoke it and now have the opportunity to do so.

  21. Re:Conversations before Appointment on Michael Flynn Resigns As Trump's National Security Adviser (go.com) · · Score: 1

    I think we are a long way from a Trump impeachment and conviction. I still can't see the Republicans sacrificing themselves when they control Congress and, at least no.inally the White House.

    I think that the Republican leadership is chomping at the bit to get Trump impeached. Pence is a much preferable president for the Republicans.

  22. Re:cost of housing on Bay Area Tech Job Growth Has Rapidly Decelerated (mercurynews.com) · · Score: 1

    Sacramento valley? Yes, it may be cheaper, but, then you have to live in the Sacramento Valley.

  23. Re:Hit peak? on Bay Area Tech Job Growth Has Rapidly Decelerated (mercurynews.com) · · Score: 1

    There are other reasons. Only about two years ago, I spoke to someone who had just moved his startup from Austin to the Bay Area. This is someone who has profitably exited several startups, so he has some credibility.

    His reason to move: in Austin, he can't find employees who can afford to work for little to no salary while the startup bootstraps itself. In the Bay Area, there are larger numbers of people who are both inclined to take a risk and wealthy enough to afford it.

  24. What about TSA agents themselves?

    Why are pilots searched if the TSA agents can leave their posts and return to them without being searched?

  25. CBP made me dig out receipts to prove the booze I picked up in Ireland were from the duty free shop.

    That sounds bogus. Why would CBP care if you paid duty in Ireland or not? You are allowed to bring in a certain amount of booze with you without paying the US duty.